Debra Avery

What the hell, Saul! Saul wasn’t a terrible king. He was the first of his kind. There was no template when Saul became king. No rulebook. No precedent. He was literally building the kingdom while he was “kinging” it.

I was honored to preach at the PCUSA headquarters in Louisville on July 24, 2025. I was there for my work with the Unification Commission.

That really should be enough.

Icon depicting the Council of Nicaea in the form of a CAPTCHA grid.

I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000

Icon depicting the Council of Nicaea in the form of a CAPTCHA grid.

I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000

Molly says hi back!

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gov. JB Pritzker

Gov. Tim Walz

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

Thank you, God! Keep the prophetic word coming!!

I had those same frames back in the day!

Yes we do!!

Amendment 24-A wins approval from a majority of presbyteries - The Presbyterian Outlook The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.

Amendment 24-A wins approval from a majority of presbyteries

The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.

#GA226 #LGBTQIA @pcusa.bsky.social

Your tall people would be happy as would I!!

The knowledge of corruption doesn’t temper my outrage. But the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness and helplessness in the face of the enormity of it all dominates and I end up looking like I have a flat affect.

He has always been terrible.

My ex lives in 1. We're friends no so I hang out there sometimes. I live in 3 but 9 is my time share in the Bahamas for when I'm sick of winter.

Agreed. And she is the mother of a new system that is wider. So not the same but I still like seeing her with a blessing.

That said, I couldn’t read the article. It was pay-walled so I admit I might be way off topic.

I’m currently teaching Genesis and from “underside.” Looking at what’s not been taught and especially from the women’s side. For Sarah and Hagar, I’m thinking that while Hagar is thrown out, her existence is acknowledged by G_d and her lament changes the system of one family having the blessing.

I love it for you (and for me some day)

I fear for all of us. Every day. But not more than I fear for my trans family - bio and chosen.

I’m living vicariously thru your oakland posts…

I. Want.

I'd add Sarah and Hagar, Lot's wife and Lot's daughters to this list...

"We, all of us documented American citizens, are Esther right now."

I wrote this in 2018, but, well-- here we are.

Woman with red hair in a brown 1880s style dress sitting sideways on a straight backed chair holding an open fan up hear her ear. Text printed over the painting reads: I just learned the professional way to say "I told you so": "this was identified early on as a likely outcome."

In case you need help in this area...

So hard…

Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. Republican Gov.

Iowa state Rep. Aime Wichtendahl was the final Democrat to speak before the vote, wiping away tears as she offered her personal story: “I transitioned to save my life.”

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Don't talk about it on social media so the other side of the aisle can't prepare.

A year ago today, as hundreds of starving Palestinians waited in line for humanitarian aid, including flour for bread, the Israeli military opened fire, killing over 100 Palestinians and wounding over 700.

They massacred people seeking bread for their families.

I will be transferring any balance I have with Capital One after today’s boycott is over. Who wants to join me?